More Women are Becoming Mothers

January 31, 2018

Last week, front page news in the New York Times focused on the U.S. fertility
rate. While the U.S. fertility rate is down, the article reported, more
women are mothers. Several factors contribute to this remarkable if somewhat
alarming news and from our perspective some of this news is positive.
While younger women of childbearing age are delaying having children,
resulting in a low overall fertility rate, the rise of women having children
after the age of 40 is rising. Other groups of women such as those with
advanced degrees and single women who have never married are also becoming
mothers, electing to have children after or while pursuing their degrees
or choosing single parenthood. In addition to new policies such as family
paid leave and more attention to work life balance which ease the way
for women in these categories to both have and raise children, new advances
in reproductive health also contribute to the rise in motherhood. While
egg freezing, IVF and other infertility treatments help women over 40
to conceive, Hanabusa IVF’s unique mini IVF treatment is particularly
suited to patients of advanced maternal age. This approach may in fact
be more successful than conventional IVF which requires high doses of
medication. Hanabusa IVF patients over 40 actually have a higher success
rate with mini IVF, an approach to IVF that minimizes needles and medicine
and keeps costs down. To learn more about the factors allowing more women
to be mothers in the U.S., you can read the full article
here. And as always you can learn more about our mini IVF approach
here.